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| Record Name(s) | United Macfie Mines Ltd. - 1980, Maiden's Group - 1951, Claim F84 - 1951 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Aug-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: South Lorrain
Latitude: 47° 12' 1.01" Longitude: -79° 26' 50.71"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 617593 Northing: 5228590 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M03NW
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: From North Cobalt, highway 567 to Silver Centre. Drive 31.8km turn to left and drive to end. Trail starts at swamp. From AMIS 01005 traverse to site ~10m from shore of Lake Timiskaming.
1951: Maiden's Silver Mines Company Limited - DD-2-450 ft. 1967: United Macfie Mines Limited - DD-6, mapping, assays
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| CO-1880 | 31M04NE0040 | 31M04NE0040 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Greywacke | Contains |
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| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesitic | Adjacent | |
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Host | |
| Vein | 4 | Calcite | Brecciated | Host |
Mar 26, 2013 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of Nipissing diabase overlying greywacke and minor quartzite from the Cobalt Series. Numerous calcite veins ranging from ¼ inch to 2 inches were observed in all lithologies. Twenty-one feet of feldspar porphyry was intersected in Macfie DDH 2.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - Mineralization occurs both in the andesite as well as in calcite stringers. Assays from the Maiden’s Silver Mines drill holes returned silver values ranging from 0.9 oz/t Ag over 2 inches of core to 17.9 oz/t Ag over 2 inches of core. Pyrite and chalcopyrite were also found in calcite stringers on the dump.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-1882
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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - South Lorrain Township, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2194 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 418-419, 438 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Cobalt-Temagami Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3581 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2006
Author: Ayer J.A., Chartrand J.E., Grabowski G.P.B., Josey S.D., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of south Lorrain Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R083 Page: 82 Date: 1970
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - South Lorrain Township (north part), District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0289 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: McIlwaine W.H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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